Methods for extra-low voltage transcranial direct current stimulation: Current and time dependent impedance decreases

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 551-556

  Hahn, Christoph ^a,b   Rice, Justin ^a   Macuff, Shiraz ^c   Minhas, Preet ^a   Rahman, Asif ^a   Bikson, Marom ^a,c  

^a City College of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c Soterix Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Limited Total Energy; Low voltage; Neuromodulation; Skin impedance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS;

EID: 84873265884     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.07.028     Document Type: Article

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